高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解20

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解20，共10页。
1.I live in Hllywd. Yu may think peple in such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than thers. If s, yu have sme mistaken ideas abut the nature f happiness.
Many intelligent peple still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little r nthing in cmmn. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, mre lng-lasting emtin. Ging t an amusement park r ball game, watching a mvie r televisin, are fun activities that help us relax, temprarily frget ur prblems and maybe even laugh. But they d nt bring happiness, because their psitive effects end when the fun ends.
I have ften thught that if Hllywd stars have a rle t play, it is t teach us that happiness has nthing t d with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have cnstant access t exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive hmes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memir(回忆录) after memir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depressin, alchlism, drug addictin, brken marriages, trubled children, and lng-time lneliness.
The way peple hld n t the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually decreases their chances f ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the ppsite is true: Mre times than nt, things that lead t happiness invlve sme pain.
As a result, many peple avid the very effrts that are the surce f true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brught by such things as marriage, raising children, prfessinal achievement, religius cmmitment, charitable wrk and self-imprvement.
67. Accrding t the passage, “fun activities” ____________.
A. are the things we d befre we find happiness
B. may help us relax and frget ur prblems smetimes
C. will lead us t the true happiness
D. culd prvide lng-last psitive effects
68. In the authr’s pinin, thse Hllywd stars ____________.
A. pssess happiness because they are rich and famus
B. experience almst all kinds f happy things
C. tell us happiness isn’t equal t fun using their wn stries
D. have t suffer a lt befre they becme successful
69. It is difficult fr peple t find real happiness because ____________.
A. they believe happiness is the fun life withut pain
B. they find pain equals unhappiness
C. they fear t lse what they already have in life
D. They are afraid all their effrts were in vain
70. The main purpse f the text is t ____________.
A. describe the difference between happiness and fun
B. shw the true meaning f happiness
C. encurage peple t pursue fun activities
D. advise peple t find their real life
2.7 ways a gvernment shutdwn will affect yur daily life
(CNN) -- Demcrats and Republicans were unable t reslve (解决) their differences ver Obamacare (奥巴马医改计划）and nw the gvernment is shut dwn. The tw previus shutdwns — 1995 and early 1996 — cst the cuntry $1.4 billin. But what will the shutdwn mean fr yu? Here are 7 ways the gvernment shutdwn will affect yu.
7. Vacatin all I ever wanted: Need t get away? Well, yu can’t. At least nt t natinal parks. Or t natinal zs. Or t natinal museums. They'll be clsed. Were yu thinking mre alng the lines f a trip t France? If yu dn’t already have a passprt, yu might nt get yur blue bk in time. The last time the gvernment shut dwn, 200,000 applicatins fr passprts went unprcessed.
6. If yu drive a car, I'll tax the street: Yu may be thinking, “N functining gvernment, n need t pay taxes.” Think again. The Man wuld cntinue t cllect taxes. U.S. bnds wuld still be issued. And ther essential banking functins will g n.
5. Wait a minute, Mr. Pstman: Yu knw that whle “Neither snw, nr rain, nr heat, nr glm f night” thing? Apparently, the U.S. Pstal Service wrks thrugh shutdwns as well. Srry, yu wn’t catch a break frm the junk mail.
4. I want a new drug: Oh, the irny (讽刺的). Republicans still want t defund, delay r therwise withdraw gradually at Obamacare in exchange fr funding the gvernment. But the health care act at the center f this strm wuld cntinue its prcess during a shutdwn. That is because its funds aren’t dependent n the cngressinal budget (预算) prcess.
3. Pass the ammunitin (军火): Nt s fast. A shutdwn wuld affect the Bureau f Alchl, Tbacc, Firearms and Explsives. Translatin: That gun permit yu wanted prcessed wn’t happen anytime sn if this ges n fr a while.
2. Mney (that's what I want): Well, if yu wned a small business and needed a lan frm the gvernment, yu wuld have t wait, depending n hw lng this lasts. If yu were planning t buy a huse and needed a federal lan, yu wuld have t wait.
1. I'm prud t be an American: Perhaps the biggest hit wuld be t the cllective psyche (下意识心理). America is the largest ecnmy in the wrld and a beacn fr hw demcracy ught t wrk. A recent CNN Research Crpratin fund that 51% wuld blame Republicans fr the shutdwn. The United States has perated withut a budget since 2009 and has avided a gvernment shutdwn with last-minute deals. Nt nly did the gvernment run ut f mney n Tuesday, but the natin is set t hit its brrwing limit and ptentially default n its debt in mid-Octber. Tgether, they serve as a duble whammy (打击）.
63. Which is the mst prbably meaning f the underlined wrd?
A. Raise sme mney.B. Take the mney back.
C. Brrw sme mney.D. went n a strike.
64. When the gvernment’s shut dwn, what can the Americans d?
A. Apply fr a gun permit. B. Apply fr a new passprt.
C. Apply fr a lan. D. Pay taxes.
65. Hw many times has the American gvernment ever shut dwn s far?
A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.D. Nt mentined.
66. Accrding t the essay, what led t the shutdwn f the American gvernment?
A. The gvernment f America ran ut f mney.
B. The gvernment f America is n debts.
C. America is set t hit the brrwing limit f its debts.
D. The American gvernment ran ut f mney and may fail in repaying its debts.
3.Dear XXX,
As we drve ff frm Clumbia, I wanted t write a letter t yu t tell yu all that is n my mind.
D yur best in classes, but dn’t let pressure get t yu. If yu graduate and learn smething in yur fur years, we wuld feel happy. Yur Clumbia degree will take yu far, even if yu dn’t graduate with hnrs. S please dn't give yurself pressure. The nly thing that matters is that yu learned. The nly measurement yu shuld use is that yu tried.
Mst imprtantly, make friends and be happy. Cllege friends are ften the best in life, because during cllege yu are clser t them physically than t yur family. Als, ging thrugh independence and adulthd is a natural bnding (结合的) experience. Pick a few friends and becme really clse t them — pick the nes wh are genuine and sincere t yu. Dn’t wrry abut their hbbies, grades, lks, r even persnalities. If yu think yu like smene, tell her. Yu have very little t lse. Peple are nt perfect, s as lng as they are genuine and sincere, trust them and be gd t them. They will give back. This is my secret f success — that I am genuine with peple and trust them (unless they d smething t lse my trust).
Cllege is the fur years where yu have:
•the greatest amunt f free time
•the first chance t be independent
•the mst flexibility t change
•the lwest risk fr making mistakes
S please treasure yur cllege years – make the best f yur free time, becme an independent thinker in cntrl f yur destiny. May Clumbia becme the happiest fur years in yur life, and may yu blssm int just what yu dream t be.
Lve,
XXX
60. What is the mst prbable relatinship between the writer and the receiver f the letter?
A. Friends.B. A parent and his r her daughter.
C. A teacher and a student. D. Sisters.
61. Which f the fllwing suggestins is nt given t the receiver in the letter?
A. Hw t adapt t the cllege life quickly.
B. T make new friends.
C. T learn t be independent in thinking.
D. Nt t make herself under much pressure in grades.
62. Accrding t the writer f the letter, cllege is a time _______.
A. during which ne may make mistakes
B. during which ne has little free time
C. during which it is hard fr ne t change
D. during which ne needs t learn t be independent
4. Ever since he gt int the Hng Kng film industry in 1994 with He’s a Wman, She’s a Man, Hng Kng directr, Peter Chan has been ne f the industry’s mst pwerful vices. Later in 1996, anther milestne Cmrades: Almst a Lve Stry came int being. Chan’s latest film, American Dreams in China is a carefully-calculated film with an eye tward pening the mainland cinema market.
American Dreams in China is a film purely fr Chinese audiences, but hw it plays there remains t be seen. It sends the right messages, but whether that’s enugh t make it a hit is everyne’s guess. Mainland audiences aren’t quite that easy t “speak” t.
The film began during the perid f ecnmic refrms in China in the 1980s. The bkish farm by Cheng Dngqing (Huang Xiaming), the ambitius and cnfident by Meng Xiajun (Deng Cha) and the petic Wang Yang(Tng Dawei), were three friends at university in Beijing and preparing fr American visa interviews. Wang was the first t be granted the visa but he gave it up fr his western girlfriend, and Cheng was repeatedly denied. Only Meng actually gt a study visa. As he was leaving, he tld his friends that he wuldn’t cme back.
Several years later, Cheng and Wang built a successful schl, New Dream, frm the ashes f Cheng’s misfrtune(his girlfriend gt a visa t, and Cheng lst his university teaching jb) and Wang’s ability t cnnect with students ften thrugh Hllywd mvies. In America, Meng suffered a lt. Disappinted, he went hme and jined his friends at New Dream. Later, the three friends’ relatinship became wrsened, but finally was imprved under the weight f their cmmn gals.
56.Which f the fllwing films made Peter Chan a mst influential directr in Hng Kng?
A. American Dreams in ChinaB. Cmrades: Almst a Lve Stry
C. New DreamD. He’s a Wman, She’s a Man
57.The underlined wrd “granted” (in paragraph 3) prbably means “_________”.
A. preparedB. givenC. invlved D. permitted
58.When the three men made preparatins fr American visa interviews, hw many was/were ffered a visa?
A. NneB. One.C. Three.D. Tw
59.What led Cheng and Wang t start a business?
A. The cnnectin with Hllywd mvies.
B. The weight f their cmmn gals.
C. Cheng’s misfrtune and Wang’s ability.
D. Meng’s disappintment and sufferings.
5.I lst my sight when I was fur years ld by falling ff a bx car in a gds yard in Atlantic City and landing n my head. Nw I can dimly remember the brightness f sunshine and what clr red is. It wuld be wnderful t see again, but a calamity（大灾难） can d strange things t peple. It ccurred t me the ther day that I might nt have cme t lve life as I d if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life nw. I am nt s sure that I wuld have believed in it s deeply, therwise. I dn’t mean that I wuld prefer t g withut my eyes. I simply mean that the lss f them made me appreciate the mre what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a cntinuus series f adjustments t reality. In spite f the fact the adjustment is never easy, I had my parents and teachers t help. The hardest lessn I had t learn was t believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able t d that, I wuld have cllapsed and becme a chair rcker n the frnt prch fr the rest f my life. When I say belief in myself I am nt talking abut simply the kind f self cnfidence that helps me dwn an unfamiliar staircase alne. That is part f it. But I mean smething bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfectins, a real, psitive persn; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It tk me years t discver and strengthen this assurance. It had t start with the mst elementary things. Once a man gave me an indr baseball. I thught he was laughing at me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with yu,” he urged me, “and rll it arund.” The wrds stuck in my head. “Rll it arund!” By rlling the ball I culd hear where it went. This gave me an idea hw t achieve a gal I had thught impssible: playing baseball.
All my life I have set ahead f me a series f gals and then tried t reach them, ne at a time. I had t learn my limitatins. It was n gd t try fr smething that I knew at the start was wildly ut f reach because that nly invited the bitterness f failure. I wuld fail smetimes anyway but n the average I made prgress.
67. We can learn frm the beginning f the passage that .
A. the authr lst his sight because f a car crash
B. the authr wuldn’t lve life if the calamity didn’t happen
C. the calamity made the authr appreciate what he had
D. the calamity strengthened the authr’s desire t see
68. What’s the mst difficult thing fr the authr?
A. Hw t adjust himself t reality
B. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life
C. Learning t manage his life alne
D. T find a special wrk that suits the authr
69. Fr the authr, the baseball and encuragement ffered by the man .
A. hurt the authr’s feeling
B. made the authr puzzled
C. directly led t the change f the authr’s career
D. inspired the authr
70. Accrding t the passage, the authr .
A. set gals fr himself but nly invited failure mst f the time
B. thught that nthing was impssible fr him
C. was discuraged frm trying smething ut f reach fr fear f failure
D. suggested nt trying smething beynd ne’s ability at the beginning
6.While the presence f rats in hmes may cause anxiety and annyance, they rarely result in driving ut the residents. But that is exactly what happened t the inhabitants f the 10-square-mile Hawadax Island ff the cast f Alaska, almst 230 years ag. Nw thanks t a five-year effrt by scientists, the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called fr many years has been returned t its rightful wners -- birds!
Hawadax Island is part f a chain f vlcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands. The rats that arrived there in 1780, when a Japanese ship carrying them brke dwn nearby, cmpletely destryed the native ppulatin because the envirnment f the island was nt built t defend its animals frm these predatrs. There isn’t any tree n the Island, which meant that the birds were accustmed t building their nests lw in the grund, giving the rdents(啮齿动物) easy access t bth eggs and baby chicks. As years passed, the birds that had called the island hme fr thusands f years became endangered and eventually, disappeared cmpletely.
In 2007, the U.S. FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serius plan t rid the island f the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had nce called it hme. Given that there were an estimated 10,000 rdents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they re-prduce rapidly, it was nt an easy task. But by 2009, the Island was fficially declared rat free!
Then slwly but surely, the birds began t return. Unfrtunately, sme f the pineers were unintentinally killed frm the leavings f the raticide, a pisn that had been used t wipe ut the rdents. But nw it seems things are becming mre stable and the Island is starting t increasingly lk like its frmer self. Befre the transfrmatin, “Hawadax”, als knwn as “Rat Island”, was a silent and ghstly place with bird bnes, snail remains and rcks cvered in rat feces(粪便).
Tday, birds’ singing and flying in and ut is a cmmn sight. Tufted puffins and sng sparrws, which had lng disappeared, are gradually making their way back. Scientists have als been bserving an increase in grund nesting and shrebirds. Thugh the Island is still nt back t its full glry, the signs are encuraging and things can nly get better, as time passes.
63. The underlined wrd “that”in Para.1 prbably refers t ____.
A. the presence f rats B. birds’ being driven ut
C. birds’ returning t the islandD. residents’ wrrying abut rats
64. Birds n Hawadax Island became an easy target because __________.
A. this island was treelessB. they nested randmly
C. they reprduced t rapidlyD. their chicks were extremely weak
65. Frm the passage, we can knw the plan f US FWS_______.
A. has helped the island fully recvered
B. cst little but benefited greatly
C. invlved pisning the rats n a large scale
D. accmplished its gal after exactly 24 mnths
66. Which wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. FWS Help Get Rare Birds Back t Alaska Island
B. Japanese Changed a Bird Paradise int Rat Island
C. FWS Plan t Drive Rats Out Of Rat Island
D. Alaska’s Rat Island Returns t a Bird Paradise
试卷答案
1.67-70 BCAB
2.BDCD
3.BAD
4.DBDC
5.本文讲述一位盲人因一次意外事故失明后如何克服困难，重新定位自己，取得人生价值的故事。
67.C细节理解题。第l段最后一句指出“所失去的让我更懂得珍惜现在拥有的”，故选C。作者失明是因为他从一辆货车(bx car)A摔下来，而不是因为汽车事故，故排除A；B的推断没有原文依据；文中提到他渴望重见光明。D的表述与原文有出入。
68.B细节理解题。the mst difficult thing是The hardest lessn的同义改写，故可定位到第2 段。该段首句指出最困难的事情是“相信自己”，故选B
69.D细节理解题。根据baseball定位到倒数第2段。从该段最后两句可知棒球和那个男人的鼓励给作者以启示和鼓舞．故选D。
70.D推理判断题。最后一段第2、3句表明我们要意识到自己的局限性，在开始时尝试那些遥不可及的东西只会徒劳无益，故D正确
6.本文讲述Hawadax海岛在FWS的计划下重新恢复生机。
63. B。词义推测题。根据后文…has been returned t its rightful wners – birds可知，该岛上的小鸟曾经被老鼠驱逐出去。故可知。
64. A。细节理解题。根据第二段中There isn’t any tree n the Island, … giving the rdents(啮齿动物) easy access t bth eggs and baby chicks可知。
65. C。细节理解题。根据第四段中sme f the pineers were unintentinally killed …the raticide, a pisn that had been used t wipe ut the rdents可知。
66. D。主旨大意题。全文讲述在FWS的帮助下，老鼠岛灭鼠后，鸟儿重新回归，故选D。